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immunity

[ih-myoo-ni-tee] / ɪˈmju nɪ ti /


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Eighty-five percent of kindergarten-age students in Lancaster County, where the recent deaths occurred, are vaccinated against measles - well below the 95% rate needed for herd immunity to limit the spread and protect immunocompromised people.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

"Ultimately, we want to turn the anti-tumor immunity back on in cancer patients so their own immune systems can reject the tumors," she said.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

If upheld, the immunity would eliminate a pending tax liability estimated at $100 million.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

Panumre Liberum argue that copper offers gold’s inflation protection, plus an industrial-backed demand growth story, as well as a relative immunity to movements in interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

As expected, the defendants all claimed immunity for the conduct that had resulted in Walter's wrongful conviction.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"We call on the de facto authorities to ensure compliance with the privileges and immunities of the UN and its officials."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

He celebrated the “government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance—but generously affording to all Liberty of conscience, and immunities of Citizenship.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Ecuador’s presidency on Friday night also alleged that Mexico’s government had “abused immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission” and granted “diplomatic asylum contrary to the conventional legal framework.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 6, 2024

"Whatever immunities a sitting president may enjoy, the United States has only one chief executive at a time," Judge Chutkan wrote late on Friday.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2023

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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